With mounting speculation over Louis Walsh's future as a judge on The X Factor, show boss Simon Cowell has described the Irishman as "one of the good guys" and said that "the door remains open".
Cowell tweeted: "Louis Walsh is one of the good guys. We will always be friends. The door remains open and who knows what's next..."
Speculation has linked One Direction's Louis Tomlinson and BBC Radio One presenter Nick Grimshaw to judging roles on the show.
But an X Factor spokesman told The Daily Mirror: "There is a great deal of speculation over the judging line-up for this year's series. However, no formal decision has been made."
Louis Walsh is one of the good guys. We will always be friends. The door remains open and who knows what's next.......
— Simon Cowell (@SimonCowell) May 11, 2015